Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Woodbury, Connecticut
Serving Woodbury, Connecticut
Melitta B. Pagano
May 28, 2017
Southbury:
Melitta B. Pagano, 94, formerly of Heritage Village died Sunday May 28, 2017 at the Lutheran Home of Southbury. Mrs. Pagano was born September 24, 1922 In Atco, Pennsylvania. She was the wife of the late Gerald Pagano. In World War Two, she served in the Women's Marine Corp as a radio operator at...
Margaret W. Ftikas
May 24, 2017
Margaret W. Ftikas, 91, died peacefully on May 24, 2017 in Danbury Hospital. She was born in Albany New York on December 12, 1925, to the late Walter and Dorothea Woodward. A 1948 graduate of Mount Holyoke College, Peggy worked for the United States Foreign Service in Japan and Greece, and moved to Fairfield in 1963. She returned to...
Fred Plumb
May 24, 2017
Fred Plumb, 71, died as the sun was about to rise on May 24, after a long illness, which he endured with grace and humor. He graduated from Deer Isle High School in 1964, worked in his father's factory and attended college for a couple of years, and then enlisted in the Army. He served as a MEDEVAC helicopter...
Donald P. Brandt
May 24, 2017
Donald P. Brandt, 73 passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at River Glen Health Care Center, Southbury. Don was born on July 25, 1943, son of the late John and Helen (Barrett) Brandt. He was the husband of Mary Lou (Sirignano) Brandt.
After high school Don enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was honorably discharged, after 6...
Francis "Frank" Danahy
May 22, 2017
Francis L. Danahy, Jr. (Frank), 87, of Southbury, CT, passed away on May 22, 2017 following a brief illness. Born on June 10, 1929 in Schenectady, NY, he was the eldest child of Francis and Mary (Thompson) Danahy. He leaves behind his wife of 59 years, Mary Anne (Dwyer) Danahy, and a large family who will miss him greatly....
Charles L. Larkin
May 22, 2017
Charles Lewis Larkin III, Sandy, died Monday, May 22, 2017 of early on-set frontal temporal dementia.
Sandy was truly unforgettable and memorable, one of a kind, Rara Avis "a rare bird." He was "Old School" in demeanor and inclination, but this intelligent, honest and handsome man readily displayed his own polite brand of irreverence and sense of...
Margaret W. (Watson) Mahon
May 21, 2017
Margaret "Peggy" Watson Mahon died peacefully at home in Woodbury, CT at the age of 94. Peggy is survived by her husband of 74 years, John "Jack" Leon Mahon, Jr.; her eleven children; John Mahon (Donna), Kristin Mahon (Harvey Lipsky), William Mahon (Pamela), Margaret Mahon, Robert Mahon, Patricia Mahon, Kathleen Mahon Bachelier (Xavier), James Mahon (Kim-Mai), Peter Mahon (Lisa),...
Elizabeth Syrotiak
May 20, 2017
Elizabeth Lawlor Syrotiak passed away on Saturday May 20, 2017 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. She was 88 years old. She was predeceased by her loving husband Matthew Syrotiak, a son, also Matthew Syrotiak and her sister Marie Silder. She leaves behind 5 children; David Syrotiak, Kerry Zinn, Lizabeth Karvosky, Michael Syrotiak and Susan Karvosky. In addition, she...
Maria N Stone
May 19, 2017
Woodbury—Maria N. Stone passed away on Friday, May 19, at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, after a long illness. She was the beloved wife of Allen Stone and cherished mother of Alexander Stone, both of Woodbury.
Maria was born in Moscow, Russia, where she earned her nursing degree before coming to America in 1992. She still has...
Anthony G. Ferreri
May 17, 2017
Anthony Gaetano Ferreri's earthly journey ended much too early on Wednesday, May 17, at the age of 27, leaving behind many questions as well as countless comforting memories of a fun-loving, risk-taking, sensitive soul who embraced all with loving open arms. He was born December 20, 1989 in Derby, CT, the son of Pino and Paula (Nelson) Ferreri. He...
Justine Clark
May 17, 2017
4-22-20 to 5-17-17
Justine Clark, 97, died reluctantly on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. The daughter of Ellis and Ila Clark, Justine grew up in Woodbury, CT and graduated from Connecticut College
with a Degree in Physical Education. She taught at Hall High School for 15 years and Conard High School in West Hartford, CT for...
Nancy (Hunicke) Allen
May 16, 2017
Nancy Hunicke Allen, age 63, of Roxbury, Connecticut, died Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at Danbury Hospital. Nancy was born on August 11, 1953, in North Adams, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of Barbara and Raymond Hunicke, who also reside in Roxbury, Connecticut.
Nancy graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1975 with a B.S. in Home...
Ary Reed
May 15, 2017
Ary Reed, 92 years old, passed away on May 15 at the River Glen Nursing Home in Southbury, Connecticut. For 20 years, he was the loving and devoted husband of Bernice Reed of Southbury, CT.
Ary was born on October 20, 1924 in Long Island, NY to Rosica and Gustav Rosenfelder. He was predeceased by his brother...
Claire Anne Root
May 14, 2017
Claire Anne Root, 59, of Woodbury passed away on May 14th, 2017. Born July 27th, 1957 the daughter of George and Gisele (Robert) Gagnon, she was the beloved wife of Stephen Root.
She grew up in Waterbury and went to school at St. Anne's and later graduated from Crosby High School. She was a sweet, kind, loving...
Gloria Carey
May 13, 2017
Bethlehem-
Gloria A Carey, 68, died Saturday, May 13th, 2017, in the privacy of her own home. Gloria was born in Derby Connecticut on August 12th 1948 Daughter of late Walter Nystrom and Gloria (Michaud) Nystrom. Gloria previously owned the Bethlehem liquor store and was the first manufacturer of the Bethlehem Christmas ornament. She leaves behind her...
Peggy Ann Richards
May 11, 2017
Peggy Ann Richards passed over on Thursday May 11 at the River Glen Nursing Home in Southbury, CT. She leaves her loving spouse Judith Kelly who was privileged to share her life with Peggy for over fifty years.
Peggy was born May 29, 1935 in Easton, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Kathleen (McCann) and Charles W. Richards. She...
Christopher Stephen Malewicki
May 8, 2017
Milford, Connecticut
Christopher Stephen Malewicki, of Milford died at his home on May 8, 2017, age 49.
He was born January 13, 1968 in Milford , he was predeceased by his loving mother Marilyn J. Smith in 2011, and in December 2016, his wife Kathryn Alice Treszi of 24 years. Christopher grew up with six...
Rebecca K. Snyder
May 6, 2017
Dr. Rebecca Kay Finley Snyder, 78, professor emeritus of mathematics education, passed away on May 6, at The Watermark at East Hill in Southbury, CT, after a long battle with vascular dementia. Born in Anderson, SC, on December 5, 1938, "Becky" was the daughter of Willie Hance and Emmie Beatrice (Kay) Finley of Mountville, SC. Becky graduated from Clinton...
Calvin Charles Cooper
May 6, 2017
Calvin Charles Cooper died May 6, 2017 in Southbury, Connecticut. He was 90 years old.
Born September 6, 1926 at home in Lyndonville, New York, he was the youngest of six children born to Mary Ann Miller and George Leroy Cooper. The family raised apples, cherries, peaches, sheep, cows and other ventures on general farms near Lake...
June (Oliver) Holmes
May 2, 2017
June Oliver Holmes of Southbury, CT passed away in her sleep on May 2nd after a brief stay in Connecticut Hospice.
June was born in Scranton, PA, on June 25, 1923, the beloved daughter of Ivydene Rachel Beagle and Merton Hubbard Dobson.
She graduated from Scranton Central High School and met her future husband, Evan...

